> Nobody has ever raised the amount of money it will need, nor has a piece of technology required such an incredible financial and systemic force — such as rebuilding the American power grid — to survive, let alone prove itself as a technology worthy of such investment.
> The space race cost hundreds of billions in today's dollars, and AI could do a lot more for/to humanity than put a flag on the moon.
That's a weird comparison. The goal of the space race was never to make money, and it was funded by the taxpayers, not VCs expecting a return on their investment.
AT&T.